Hewitt set to serve for his favourite football team

WIMBLEDON champion Lleyton Hewitt has been given permission to skip the final day of Australia's Davis Cup play-off against India in September to live out a sporting fantasy and play for his beloved Adelaide Crows Australian Rules Football team.

According to an Australian newspaper report, Australian Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald will allow Hewitt to play for the Crows in the annual charity match against Port Adelaide, providing Australia have already clinched the tennis tie 3-0.

Australia are due to face India in a World Group play-off tie in Hewitt’s hometown on Adelaide from September 20-22 with the Australian Rules match to be played at the Adelaide Oval on September 22.